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[Aislabie]

BORDER GAVASKAR TROPHY​

This is something we used to do quite a lot of back in the day: when a major series rolled around (usually The Ashes or the BGT) we would all dig out our favourite PlanetCricket player profile and play through the series with our own characters in real time. Concerningly, it's probably been about a decade since we did that, so it's long past time we revived this tradition.

Fixtures

Warm-Up Matches

Australian XI vs India 'A'
at WACA Ground, Perth

Prime Minister's XI vs Indian XI
at Manuka Oval, Canberra

Test Series

1st Test
Australia vs India
at Optus Stadium, Perth

2nd Test
Australia vs India
at Adelaide Oval

3rd Test
Australia vs India
at The Gabba, Brisbane

4th Test
Australia vs India
at Melbourne Cricket Ground

5th Test
Australia vs India
at Sydney Cricket Ground

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Player Creation​

This system is shamelessly stolen from @Na Maloom Afraad and his legendary World of Cricket.

    SINGLE-SKILL PLAYERS
     - Total points allowed per player [ 10 ]
     - For specialist batters, specialist bowlers

    MULTI-SKILL PLAYERS
     - Total points allowed per player [ 12 ]
     - For all-rounders, 'keepers
     * MUST bat in top-eight to be eligible
     * MUST spend in at least two facets (bat/bwl/field)

 ——————————————                       || ——————————————                              || ———————————————
 BATTING SKILLS                       || BOWLING SKILLS                              || FIELDING SKILLS
 ——————————————                       || ——————————————                              || ———————————————
                                      ||                                             ||
 Position:                            || Style:                                      || Type:
     Opener (1-2)        [3] points   ||     Fast / Wrist spin          [3] points   ||     Wicket-keeper   [3] points
     Upper Order (3-5)   [2] points   ||     Medium-Fast / Finger spin  [2] points   ||     Outfielder      [0] points
     Middle order  (6-8) [1] point    ||     Medium / Slow              [1] point    ||—————————————————————————————————
     Tail (9-11)         [0] points   ||     Does not bowl              [0] points   || ———————————
                                      ||                                             || PLAYER TIER
 Type:                                || Type:                                       || ———————————
     Run-machine         [5] points   ||     Spearhead / Magician       [5] points   ||     Bronze tier     [0] points
     Hitter              [4] points   ||     Strike bowler              [4] points   ||     Silver tier     [1] points
     Accumulator         [3] points   ||     First change               [3] points   ||     Gold tier       [2] points
     Firefighter         [2] points   ||     Stock bowler               [2] points   ||     Amethyst tier   [3] points
     Plucky              [1] point    ||     Part-timer/occasional      [1] point    ||     Diamond tier    [4] points
     Rabbit/tailenders   [0] points   ||     Does not bowl              [0] points   ||     Ruby tier       [5] points

Spoiler: Ratings

Spoiler: Ratings System

	TYPE
	Rabbit	0	1	2	3	4	5
	Plucky tailender	4	6	8	10	12	14
	Firefighter	18	23	25	28	33	36
	Accumulator	33	36	40	42	45	51
	Hitter	30	37	43	51	54	66
	Run machine	40	42	51	54	63	72
	TYPE
	Does not bowl	99	99	99	99	99	99
	Part-timer/occasional	52	48	45	42	40	38
	Stock bowler	40	38	37	36	35	34
	First change	36	34	33	32	31	30
	Strike bowler	34	32	31	30	29	28
	Spearhead/Magician	32	30	28	26	24	22

Additionally, fast/wrist-spin bowlers receive -2 to their bowling ratings while mediim/slow bowlers receive +2.

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Squads



Harkus Marris
Jonathan Merlo (RM)

Upper order

Archie Brown
Aamer Razzak (RM)

Seam bowlers

Spin bowlers

Spoiler: Real Life players available as supplementary picks

Usman Khawaja
Sam Konstas
Nathan McSweeney

Travis Head
Josh Inglis
Marnus Labuschagne
Steve Smith

Sean Abbott
Alex Carey
Mitchell Marsh
Michael Neser
Beau Webster

Scott Boland
Pat Cummins
Brendan Doggett
Josh Hazlewood
Jhye Richardson
Mitchell Starc

Nathan Lyon

Amit Modi

Thala Dhobi
Vikrant Gupta

Raghu Pinch-hit (RFM)
Shantanu Taikon (ROS)

Fadhl Rukanah (RM)

Spin bowlers

Spoiler: Real Life players available as supplementary picks

Abhimanyu Easwaran
Yashasvi Jaiswal
KL Rahul
Rohit Sharma

Shubman Gill
Sarfaraz Khan
Virat Kohli
Devdutt Paddikal
Rishabh Pant

Ravichandran Ashwin
Ravindra Jadeja
Dhruv Jurel
Tanush Kotian
Nitish Kumar Reddy
Washington Sundar

Jasprit Bumrah
Akash Deep
Prasidh Krishna
Harshit Rana
Mohammed Siraj

 

[Aislabie]

So, as an example of how to create a player:

Harkus Marris
Left-handed batter
Opening batter (3 points)
Firefighter (2 points)
Ruby tier (5 points)

Here I have created a single-skill player, and have therefore spent 10 points on him.

 

[ddrap14]

Harkus Marris

well he can fearsome tweak right off

i'll sign up probably tmrw - as you may tell from the lack of alt history action, today is busy for me

 

[Till Valhalla]

Fadhl Rukanah
Tail Ender
Medium 1
Spearhead 5
Diamond 4
Outfielder

 

[pillowprocter]

i dont see the rule where fast/wrist spin get their rating -2 and medium gets it +2. It's still there right?

 

[Till Valhalla]

i dont see the rule where fast/wrist spin get their rating -2 and medium gets it +2. It's still there right?

If you see the info sheet you can se medium is 1 point, that means it rating will be lower fast whis is 3 point

 

[Aislabie]

i dont see the rule where fast/wrist spin get their rating -2 and medium gets it +2. It's still there right?

Yes, I'll add that as a note

 

[pillowprocter]

the only true solution to Australia's opening woes...

Jonathan Merlo
Gold (2)
Opener (3)
Accumulator (3)
Medium (1)
First Change (3)

 

[Neptune]

Seems like India might need some help in the middle order




Vikrant Gupta
Right handed bat
Upper Order [2]
Hitter [4]
Diamond [4]

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Archie Brown
Left-handed batter
Middle-order (1 point)
Run-machine (5 points)
Does not bowl (0 points)
Wicket keeper (3 points)
Amethyst tier (3 points)

Say hello to the second coming of Adam Gilchrist.

 

[Perfect Square]

Aamer Razzak

Right-handed batter (0)
Middle order (1)
Firefighter (2)
Right-arm Medium (1)
Spearhead (5)
Amethyst (3)

 

[Pinch hitter]

Raghu Pinch-hit RHB|RMF

Amethyst tier       [3] points

Middle order  (6-8) [1] point
Accumulator         [3] points

Medium-Fast         [2] points
First change        [3] points

 

[Disharies]

Thala Dhobi

 

[mohsin7827]

Shantanu Taikon RHB|ROS
Middle order (6-8) [1] point
Firefighter [2] points
Finger spin [2] points
Strike bowler [4] points
Outfielder [0] points
Amethyst tier [3] points

 

[Gaurav_7]

Amit Modi
Indian
RHB
Opener like Sehwag please